I’m guessing this flick was a bomb-its pretty much disappeared! Is it anywhere near as good as the Jimmy Steward 1960 version?
Why all these remakes? Has Holywood run out of ideas?
It’s at the discount movie theaters already. According Box Office Mojo, it’s made 20 million dollars back of a 45 million dollar budget, so yes, it’s a bomb financially. As a piece of entertainment, it’s fairly mediocre. Not bad, but not good.
Nope.
Yes. Many studio types believe it’s better to go with a known quantity, something that is a proven success, than to try something different and original. This means remakes, sequels, adaptations of tv shows, slight variations on old formulas, and star vehicles.
The sad part is that, from a money making point of view, this view is fairly accurate. Jennifer Lopez’s best movie since she became a name star is Angel Eyes, and it is also easily her least successful. A formula romantic comedy with Jennifer Lopez and random hunky guy will likely be a bigger success than something edgy and off beat like Sideways.
Movies that break from the formulas that are successful are few and far between, which creates a feedback loop. They haven’t been successful, so they don’t get backed, so they aren’t successful, which means they don’t get made as often or backed with big advertising campaigns. Lost in Translation and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon are exceptions that do nothing to disprove the general rule.